Monument record MDO40032 - Downtons Farm, Northbrook, Puddletown

Wall footings and a cobbled floor excavated in 1996 in advance of construction of the A35 Tolpuddle to Puddletown Bypass. Identified as the two westernmost buildings of Downton Farm. Documentary research traced the farm back to the 17th century, and it is thought likely to be of late medieval origin. The rest of the farmstead is covered by the embankment of the bypass.

<1> Frank Graham Consulting Engineers Ltd, 1991, A35 Tolpuddle - Puddletown Bypass Archaeology Study - Phase 1 Final Report -May 1991 (Unpublished document). SDO14196.

<2> Frank Graham Consulting Engineers Ltd, 1991, A35(T) Tolpuddle - Puddletown Bypass Archaeological Study - Phase 2 Final Report, June 1991 (Unpublished document). SDO14197.

<3> Hearne, Carrie M, and Birbeck, Vaughan, 1999, A35 Tolpuddle to Puddletown Bypass DBFO, Dorset, 1996-8. Incorporating excavations at Tolpuddle Ball 1993 (Monograph). SDO13965.

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Feb 21 2018 12:28PM